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+# Copyright 2013-2021 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PyPytestOpenfiles(PythonPackage):
+    """A plugin for the pytest framework that allows developers to detect
+       whether any file handles or other file-like objects were inadvertently
+       left open at the end of a unit test"""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/astropy/pytest-openfiles"
+    pypi     = "pytest-openfiles/pytest-openfiles-0.5.0.tar.gz"
+
+    version('0.5.0', sha256='179c2911d8aee3441fee051aba08e0d9b4dab61b829ae4811906d5c49a3b0a58')
+
+    depends_on('python@3.6:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-setuptools@30.3.1:', type='build')
+    depends_on('py-setuptools-scm', type='build')
+    depends_on('py-pytest@4.6:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-psutil', type=('build', 'run'))